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Aug 2018
You are Number One
You don't get hurt
You avoid sharp objects
You keep away from the dangerous
You shy away from the precarious
You do all this because you know
You drive a car most likely a Volvo
You don't fly on planes as they sometimes crash
You keep to the middle lane as motorways can be havoc
You even avoid roundabouts but always give way to the right
You know your times of what trains arriving
You have a set routine as disruption is not part of life's plan
You know people find you boring but that's down to them
You wash the car every Sunday as its recommended in life
You casually converse with your neighbour but secretly hate them
You even as a kid avoided climbing the local tree's because,

Life is a short journey and what is to be is to be,

The Importance of Being Me

JJB
“A storyteller makes up things to help other people; a liar makes up things to help himself.” ― Daniel Wallace

“Living as I do with human beings, the more that I observe them, the more I am forced to conclude that they are selfish.” ― Sōseki Natsume, I Am a Cat

“There are two types of humans in this world: those who function so they can get something and those who function so they can give something.” ― Sarah Noffke

“Again we have the problem that whether you’re moral or not is a matter of whether it's cost-effective.” ― Rebecca McNutt
John Bartholomew
Written by
John Bartholomew  44/M/Cambridge
(44/M/Cambridge)   
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